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    May have changed since the 70-80s, but the Swiss are/were more civilised. After the paperwork is done, the entire episode has to be videod, in which the doctor places a glass containing a lethal dose of barbiturate or whatever within reach of the patient (used to be with a prior dose of antiemetic), clearly explains what it is and what will happen to the patient if they drink it, and it's down to the patient to effectively commit suicide. Probably more complicated if the patient is physically or mentally incapacitated.

    Then there follows a postmortem hearing/tribunal to establish that the clinic carried out every aspect of the process from first contact to disposal of remains in accordance with the rulez.

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    The joke in this house is the day Mom doesn’t remember who I am is the day I knock her on the head and put her out of her misery. She is serious when she says this is the way it should be. The law doesn’t allow me to do such a thing (not that I would!) and I doubt it allows for her to be euthanized, either.

    She does have an advance directive which states no life saving treatments should be performed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    The State has absolutely no Jurisdiction over an individuals decision to end their own life. Religion neither. Get out of my butthole.
    Whose Life Is It Anyway? Richard Dreyfuss, great movie for the early 80s, when people were learning to challenge rather than quietly accept whatever the gods say.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nidhogg View Post
    Even more that she cannot consent to it. It is not that difficult a concept.
    The point is that she gave consent when she was verifiably able to do so.

    That is not too difficult a concept either.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tomcat View Post
    and the judge(s) acted correctly.
    The judge had nothing to do with it. It was the Dr. and one relative.

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    The point is that she gave consent when she was verifiably able to do so.
    The point is, she also clearly removed that consent, 3 times.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nidhogg View Post
    Even more that she cannot consent to it. It is not that difficult a concept.
    indeed, amazing that nobody here is catching on that little detail

    very very disturbing,

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheRealKW View Post
    The point is, she also clearly removed that consent, 3 times.
    But she didn't. We are going round in circles here.

    "such was the severity of her dementia that she no longer understood what the word "euthanasia" even meant."

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    The State has absolutely no Jurisdiction over an individuals decision to end their own life.
    ...agree: folks should be free to decide how they want to go and make the necessary arrangements. No one else's opinion, hand-wringing or distaste should carry any weight at all...

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    And you sheeple trust doctors. I have worked with the fuckers, and view them as I would a venemous snake - with real fucking caution, and no inherent trust.

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    ^ I view doctors as people who keep hopelessly sick people alive just because they can, not because they should. They are after the money. When there is no quality of life, it’s time to go.

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    But she didn't. We are going round in circles here.
    those are you words, you are quoting yourself no where in the OP is there such a phrase. Rather disingenuous to be quoting yourself and pretending it’s the OP

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    She gave away power of attorney to enable the decision to be made for her when she was unable. Ignore the emotive content of the article and it becomes clearer. It is no longer the patient that needs to give consent and it takes a lot of courage for her relative to allow what she wanted.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Troy View Post
    it takes a lot of courage


    Quote Originally Posted by Troy View Post
    Ignore the emotive content.

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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    Quote Originally Posted by Troy View Post
    She gave away power of attorney to enable the decision to be made for her when she was unable. Ignore the emotive content of the article and it becomes clearer. It is no longer the patient that needs to give consent and it takes a lot of courage for her relative to allow what she wanted.
    ...agree...

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    If she has given power of attorney to make the decision why the angst.I have told my children if i get to the stage where I can no longer recognise any of my family, and can no longer do for myself let me exit at the first available opportunity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hugh Cow View Post
    why the angst
    ...fear, I suspect...

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    Quote Originally Posted by misskit View Post
    ^ I view doctors as people who keep hopelessly sick people alive just because they can, not because they should. They are after the money.

    Sometimes perhaps. But I think also they feel obliged to do so because they feel the need to fulfill their role and job description; also because they don't want to be viewed as negligent.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheRealKW View Post
    those are you words, you are quoting yourself no where in the OP is there such a phrase. Rather disingenuous to be quoting yourself and pretending it’s the OP
    Rather stupid of you to not notice that when I quoted that it was from the link in the same post.



    When do you stop asking if someone wants to live?

    By Anna Holligan, BBC Hague correspondent


    Should someone who makes a choice when they are of sound mind be held to that choice when they are not? Yes, was the judge's answer to the key question at the heart of this emotive test case.


    There was a small round of applause as the verdict was read out in front of a crowded courtroom. Euthanasia is supposed to empower the patient, offering them the chance to decide when they want to die. Even in a country where it's been legal for almost two decades, the practice remains controversial.


    In this case, the judges ruled that by the time the patient died it would have been impossible to establish what she wanted, such was the severity of her dementia that she no longer understood what the word "euthanasia" even meant.


    This trial forced doctors and lawyers to confront a practical and moral dilemma; at what point do you stop checking if someone wants to live or die, and should they still have the power to decide if they're not fully in control of their mental capacities?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Hugh Cow View Post
    If she has given power of attorney to make the decision why the angst.I have told my children if i get to the stage where I can no longer recognise any of my family, and can no longer do for myself let me exit at the first available opportunity.
    I went through something like this with a mate that had colon cancer, and couldn't trust his own family to do what he thought was the right thing.

    Difficult choice, and others might claim to know what's right but for me it's not clear. You gave somebody else not just the right but an obligation to make decisions in your behalf, under certain circumstances that you have never experienced, could only imagine, and unable to know or guess how you might feel if those perceived conditions turned into real life with someone about to see you off, as per your own instructions. Also consider the value of life varies from person to person, some are ready to end it when the budgie dies or they fail an exam, while others will cling on in terminal and painful desperation for a few extra breaths.

    So that's what you gave, not permission but instructions, to someone you trust to act in line with your wishes if certain conditions are met, with nothing else in the equation beyond your expressed desires while sane and lucid, and regardless how they feel about it.

    Next to discuss, or for TD argue over, is whether those instructions apply if you change your mind after those conditions are met, which could well be when you've lost your mind and don't know what's going on or who you are. Tricky, not so much for you but for those you left in charge of the decision.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jabir View Post
    I went through something like this with a mate that had colon cancer, and couldn't trust his own family to do what he thought was the right thing.

    Difficult choice, and others might claim to know what's right but for me it's not clear. You gave somebody else not just the right but an obligation to make decisions in your behalf, under certain circumstances that you have never experienced, could only imagine, and unable to know or guess how you might feel if those perceived conditions turned into real life with someone about to see you off, as per your own instructions. Also consider the value of life varies from person to person, some are ready to end it when the budgie dies or they fail an exam, while others will cling on in terminal and painful desperation for a few extra breaths.

    So that's what you gave, not permission but instructions, to someone you trust to act in line with your wishes if certain conditions are met, with nothing else in the equation beyond your expressed desires while sane and lucid, and regardless how they feel about it.

    Next to discuss, or for TD argue over, is whether those instructions apply if you change your mind after those conditions are met, which could well be when you've lost your mind and don't know what's going on or who you are. Tricky, not so much for you but for those you left in charge of the decision.
    A valid comment. I suspect if this case had gone before the judge prior to the act, it would have resulted in the same outcome. Perhaps that is what is required.

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